Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Florida trip, 1st part!

Well it's time to play catch up from being gone on vacation for 9 days then I have spent several days cleaning and reorganizing b/c I love to do it! It was a great break after school was out! We enjoyed family time at the lake for a big Memorial Day party then the Sunday before Memorial Day we flew to Tampa!

We started our day in Tampa on Sunday at International Plaza. That was my 2nd home when we lived there! It was nice to go back but things had changed! I did get a little snack at Bar Louie and Capital Grille, 2 of my old favorite restaurants too! Then we all headed to the hotel. We stayed in the bay. Memorial Day involved sleeping late, a long almost 2 hour exercise on Bayshore and then the pool all day! It was a perfect way to start summer and we just did so many of our favorite things that we loved about Tampa. We even met one of my friends for dinner that night at PF Changs. It was fun showing Charlee Kate everything, even though she will probably never remember it. Here a few pictures of Tampa... Orlando will have to come in the next post.

First picture.... riding the train at the Atlanta airport. She was so excited to get on the airplane. She doesn't remember all of those flying days when she was a baby haha!

Playing at the River. Charlee Kate still isn't too sure about this.

Spending the day at the mall! She was in rare form. 




 Taking our long walk on Bayshore and all through Hyde Park. This was one of my favorite places to go for a run/walk.

Going for a swim! It was a gorgeous day to swim!


Heading out to eat on Memorial Day!




Before we left for Orlando, we did make a few rounds where we used to live. That was a little interesting, but we did go see Charlee Kate's "Mimi" when we lived there. Her name is Marty and she kept her for 2 years. It was so nice to let her see Charlee Kate as a big girl now!

After we left Tampa, we were off to Orlando. My parents were in Orlando already and we stayed at a condo there. We enjoyed some time at the mall of millennia and the best outlets ever...2 other 2nd homes when we lived in FL. Charlee Kate had fun at this mall! She was a great shopper the whole trip. 

Then FINALLY.... It was off to Disney. She had absolutely no problem getting up and getting ready super early. I think I was just as excited because I couldn't wait to see what she thought of Disney World. It really is a magical place! This day was absolutely so exciting for Charlee Kate. She couldn't wait for the gates to open!!! The best part about this whole trip was taking her to magic kingdom for a day. When I say a day..I mean like 15 hours! It was very last minute when we planned it about 10 days before but sooo worth it! So we wanted to make the most out of that day.  Her face was priceless so many times seeing all the princesses and she held up all day!



Waiting sooooo anxiously to see the first princesses! I have a lot of Disney princess pictures... I will post those on the next post. 



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